Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-30

shows how far the proposed provision falls
short Of meeting the demands of the occa-
sion. 1t would give the law-abiding PEG !
pie in Utal, less security than they nov
have that tire laws would be enforced, for |
I it is imlneas urably behind the Congress
sional legislation, ard is capable Of being
evaded and Iaade d. ID letter though
embodied il the Consi luton, and made !
self-executipg and non-rlpeaIable
1t is not the Gentle q law-abil;ng peo-
pie Of; Utah. therefore, ardwhicl are repre-
scented by the 1ti54ae, who demand the !
admission q utsh undsF tie Constitution |
rendered By tbe Iattel-Day Saints. The |
tientiles N ~ we'll adtnit that the Const;tu- !
tion reads tairly, nut they know that once a !
State, Utlh would not feel the influence CT |
the organic act 20 far A. church informed |
ding Fad poygamy are concerned BY |
subterfIge and ciicano the Mor1nons
would defeat the operation Of the so-called !
''selfcxecUting' clause declaring polygamy |
to bc a crime and abborreut to the people |
Of the Union It does not escape their
notice that there s no constitutional pro-
vision 10 punish ior unlawful cobabitation,
or for living in the polygamous relation. |
which our contemporary, with more force
than elegance, declares to be kindred Of |
: fcnses, and necessary practices in poivg- |
amous society.
| The only reason why Constitution should |
CONTAIN any reference to polygaIny and kindred !
ofe4ses grows out OF The peculiar relations here
/ RMS reason and The knowledge that any Con-
stltutioh Tor Itah which should ignore polyg- |
amy would fail dead % the popular ear Of tie |
nation, ~ the virtual establishment Of c polyc
2EiOua state, caused the insertion II the Con |
stltui-Un adopted by the 1fOr-nous O. the clause
/ apeYe feleIredl To- Having undertaken to meet |
the obvious needs OF The occasion il VIII rot 90
~ the seekers Of -a ehOod for this Territory TO
! akutt behlnd precedent and say HAT il Is not /,
lsuai % put mic Constitutions certain other |
causes q no eSs Importance than one relating 10
poiEgaply, 50 lsmeutgbly weak and jmpotent |
! ms tons,l-ulion Las no recognition Of the !
| right OF Cover lQr tie wives; the history Of J
Mormon legislation teaches us unerrincly that /
| tLe wife would never be endowed by a Utah /
Legislature; the do er and po'ygany are NJ |
opposite ends 81 Il social pole; il is impossible !
! met they can exist togeth- =: the Norm N 1
s5Ge'y asa poi7gaiAoE5 society, N which every
'HitlS mas beeil inadT rise OF To build up and |
! lostvt me practice .. this divine law there !
lore no Mormon can possibly be in favor of |
the dover, and its enactment would Tot be a |
G>sslpliity. rms Is STeYioUs omission IRON
| The Constitution, ana is c step backward into
lOiygam0us miro from our present statute. its |
omission from the Constitution is ouniojlsly
sisnlucanl OF the true purpose of the managers
OF me statehood movement to achieve state
/ hood by any means whatever and then 90 ON
WIN poiyganiy quietly but with activity never
! exceeded.
I For tho r,olv,e -,@,,s NOV, 49,, 49,, * 49,.
| SCI UP To stay MS lust, and takes to himself
! Yemen whose husbands are Living ana midi
Noiccd, mother aud daughter 70 even three gen
vf@te1S, ana innocent girls he considers his
| legitimate prey. Therefore, those crimes called
! adultery, incest aud seduction he does not look
| upou as crimes At ali-for him; bat only for
! TEXTILES. II IS thus clearly seen thar in omit
ing TO provide penalties for these offenses the
| Mormon ConStitution-maker have ATTEMPTED
20 impose on the people OF the country and
| MAKE them believe that the sexual question
! vas fuily met, when Il was pol; indeed one of
lheir organs said fatty some days ago that the
demands OF The country were fully met in this
! facts
Enough has been stated TO demonstrate
that what we the other day asserted to
be the fact is unquestionably true that the
Gentiles OF Utah are not asking Congress
to bring the Territory into the Union as
State, and will not do so until the last
yestige of menace from polygamy has been
wiped out, and the Mormon Church is
| powerless for harm or to interIneddle with
the affairs Of State.
When Constitution is presented that
puts polygamy upon its proper level. and
catalogues it with infamous oflenses: when
It's related crimes are in the Constitution
expressly named, and their suppression pro-
yided for, there will be time enough to asl,
for the admission Of Utah. As the pro-
posed Constitution stands. fye-line
statute by Mormon Legislature concern
ing proof Of marriage can nuIlify the con-
sttutionai prohibition, as our contemporary
clearly points out. 1t Is very easy 70 I'M
derstand how this caEw. ,,lone. 1t would
not be difficult for Mormon Legislature
To declare that an Endowment House cere-
nlony is : religious rite, within end pro-
tected by the right to worship God accord
Ing to the dictates Of conscience. and not to
be accepted as proof Ct the civil contract
We call marriage. So difficult is it even
now to establish proof Of u Mormon mar
riage, that under the z3uunds Act we are
told there have been but dvo convicti9rs
for rolyg3my.
The appeal Of the 1Iorl.ons Tor the ad-
mission Of Utah is made 10 the Democratic
party Then hopes al rest with that
political power which seldom hesitates 70
ocnsort with any influence that will
give it votes If Utah comes IL with
sham Constitution, we Do not believe il
viii be iy cons ut Of Republican Congress
sionai votes, The American people will
Know where to place the responsibility,
ard he able to cast up the accounts unerr-
iasiy, if the bargain now proposed, to id
NIT Washington, Dakota and Montana,
upon the poviso that Utah Is also re-
| ceived, Is consummateI.